SB247 Alabama 2021 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors

Andrew Jones

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Etowah County, municipalities, occupational taxes, phased out, advantage economic development sites, employees in police jurisdiction or annexed, exempt, new occupational taxes or increased taxes, prohibited, const. amend.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose a local constitutional amendment relating to Etowah County and the authority of municipalities in Etowah County to levy an occupational license tax. The proposed amendment would be designated as the "Etowah County Family Income Protection Amendment." The proposed amendment would phase out any occupational license tax levied by a municipality in Etowah County. The proposed amendment would also provide that any occupational license tax levied by any municipality in Etowah County would not apply to any person performing an occupation in the police jurisdiction of the municipality or on any property annexed into the municipality after January 1, 2021. The proposed amendment would also prohibit any municipality in Etowah County from levying a new occupational license tax or increasing any existing occupational license tax</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to Etowah County and the authority of municipalities in Etowah County to levy an occupational license tax; to phase out any occupational license tax levied by a municipality in Etowah County; to provide that any occupational license tax levied by any municipality in Etowah County would not apply to any person performing an occupation in the police jurisdiction of the municipality or on any property annexed into the municipality after January 1, 2021; and to prohibit any municipality in Etowah County from levying a new occupational license tax or increasing any existing occupational license tax. </p>

Subjects

Etowah County

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
March 18, 2021	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Local Legislation
March 18, 2021	S	Jones motion to adopt Local Certification Application adopted Roll Call 660
March 18, 2021	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 659
March 18, 2021	S	Third Reading Passed
March 16, 2021	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 23, 2021	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation